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I alluded to the "YAWP" and offered a sherlock to whomever could tell me the artist and the selection to which I alluded, and Laurie did.

:mrgreen:

You really should go check out my nano. You're in it, and your character is great--and getting better every day.

Heh heh.

(You are a Raven, by the way, a familiar of a Valkyrie!)
I am a poor, wayfaring stranger
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But there's no sickness, no fear or danger
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Post by Silver_Phoenix »

MidasKnight correctly guesses a quote in the MQG.

Aunflin: 26
Ghost: 24
Brad: 12 ½
Kvetch: 12
Edge 9
torybear: 8
felonius: 7 ½
PirateQueen ChoChiyo: 6 ½
jweb: 6
RecluceMage: 5 ½
SuperEnigmatix: 5
Gil galad: 5
MidasKnight: 5[\b]
Crispind: 4
Ean143: 4
Hunter Berwick: 4
Laurie: 3
Learion: 2
UncleBeard: 2
Antangil: 1
bob k. mando: 1
Dorrin: 1
Holmes: 1
Joolee: 1
Kagnok: 1
Kahrey: 1
Mrdude: 1
Nancy: 1
Trebor: 1
Silver_Phoenix: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kiltannen: -1
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Pirate Queen ChoChiyo wrote:I alluded to the "YAWP" and offered a sherlock to whomever could tell me the artist and the selection to which I alluded, and Laurie did.

:mrgreen:

You really should go check out my nano. You're in it, and your character is great--and getting better every day.

Heh heh.

(You are a Raven, by the way, a familiar of a Valkyrie!)
Aww damn, I need to pay attention more - I'm always sounding my barbaric 'yawp' everywhere I go. Easy point. :P
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Post by MidasKnight »

Pirate Queen ChoChiyo wrote:I
(You are a Raven, by the way, a familiar of a Valkyrie!)
Cool, I get to sit on her shoulder with a bird's eye view of her cleavage.

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You so have to go and read it.

The Raven's already peeked into one bodice....
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Post by holmes_douglas »

From the Site Feedback/Genres thread.
holmes_douglas wrote:Or Mathom (1 Sherlock for identifying that term, 2 for identifying the word I meant if I got the wrong word).
jweb wrote:Anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away, they called a mathom.
1 Sherlock hereby awarded to jweb.
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1 bonus sherlock point to Clong for detailed page reference data on the 'mathom' reference. :clap:
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To put that in context:

Aunflin: 26
Ghost: 24
Brad: 12 ½
Kvetch: 12
Edge 9
torybear: 8
felonius: 7 ½
jweb: 7
PirateQueen ChoChiyo: 6 ½
RecluceMage: 5 ½
SuperEnigmatix: 5
Gil galad: 5
MidasKnight: 5
Crispind: 4
Ean143: 4
Hunter Berwick: 4
Laurie: 3
Learion: 2
UncleBeard: 2
clong: 1
Antangil: 1
bob k. mando: 1
Dorrin: 1
Holmes: 1
Joolee: 1
Kagnok: 1
Kahrey: 1
Mrdude: 1
Nancy: 1
Trebor: 1
Silver_Phoenix: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kiltannen: -1
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Post by MidasKnight »

Hunter for MQG


Aunflin: 26
Ghost: 24
Brad: 12 ½
Kvetch: 12
Edge 9
torybear: 8
felonius: 7 ½
jweb: 7
PirateQueen ChoChiyo: 6 ½
RecluceMage: 5 ½
SuperEnigmatix: 5
Gil galad: 5
MidasKnight: 5
Crispind: 4
Ean143: 4
Hunter Berwick: 4
Laurie: 3
Learion: 2
UncleBeard: 2
clong: 1
Antangil: 1
bob k. mando: 1
Dorrin: 1
Holmes: 1
Joolee: 1
Kagnok: 1
Kahrey: 1
Mrdude: 1
Nancy: 1
Trebor: 1
Silver_Phoenix: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kiltannen: -1
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Post by Superenigmatix »

Point for Edge from the AQG

Aunflin: 26
Ghost: 24
Brad: 12 ½
Kvetch: 12
Edge 10
torybear: 8
felonius: 7 ½
jweb: 7
PirateQueen ChoChiyo: 6 ½
RecluceMage: 5 ½
SuperEnigmatix: 5
Gil galad: 5
MidasKnight: 5
Crispind: 4
Ean143: 4
Hunter Berwick: 4
Laurie: 3
Learion: 2
UncleBeard: 2
clong: 1
Antangil: 1
bob k. mando: 1
Dorrin: 1
Holmes: 1
Joolee: 1
Kagnok: 1
Kahrey: 1
Mrdude: 1
Nancy: 1
Trebor: 1
Silver_Phoenix: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kiltannen: -1
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Post by Edge »

SuperE, for the AQG.

Aunflin: 26
Ghost: 24
Brad: 12 ½
Kvetch: 12
Edge 10
torybear: 8
felonius: 7 ½
jweb: 7
PirateQueen ChoChiyo: 6 ½
SuperEnigmatix: 6
RecluceMage: 5 ½
Gil galad: 5
MidasKnight: 5
Crispind: 4
Ean143: 4
Hunter Berwick: 4
Laurie: 3
Learion: 2
UncleBeard: 2
clong: 1
Antangil: 1
bob k. mando: 1
Dorrin: 1
Holmes: 1
Joolee: 1
Kagnok: 1
Kahrey: 1
Mrdude: 1
Nancy: 1
Trebor: 1
Silver_Phoenix: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kiltannen: -1
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Post by ChoChiyo »

EDGE, for correctly answering Snow Crash.

Aunflin: 26
Ghost: 24
Brad: 12 ½
Kvetch: 12
Edge 11
torybear: 8
felonius: 7 ½
jweb: 7
PirateQueen ChoChiyo: 6 ½
SuperEnigmatix: 6
RecluceMage: 5 ½
Gil galad: 5
MidasKnight: 5
Crispind: 4
Ean143: 4
Hunter Berwick: 4
Laurie: 3
Learion: 2
UncleBeard: 2
clong: 1
Antangil: 1
bob k. mando: 1
Dorrin: 1
Holmes: 1
Joolee: 1
Kagnok: 1
Kahrey: 1
Mrdude: 1
Nancy: 1
Trebor: 1
Silver_Phoenix: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kiltannen: -1
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RM for the MQG

Aunflin: 26
Ghost: 24
Brad: 12 ½
Kvetch: 12
Edge 11
torybear: 8
felonius: 7 ½
jweb: 7
PirateQueen ChoChiyo: 6 ½
SuperEnigmatix: 6
RecluceMage: 6 ½
Gil galad: 5
MidasKnight: 5
Crispind: 4
Ean143: 4
Hunter Berwick: 4
Laurie: 3
Learion: 2
UncleBeard: 2
clong: 1
Antangil: 1
bob k. mando: 1
Dorrin: 1
Holmes: 1
Joolee: 1
Kagnok: 1
Kahrey: 1
Mrdude: 1
Nancy: 1
Trebor: 1
Silver_Phoenix: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kiltannen: -1
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Midas Knight for the MQG

Aunflin: 26
Ghost: 24
Brad: 12 ½
Kvetch: 12
Edge 11
torybear: 8
felonius: 7 ½
jweb: 7
PirateQueen ChoChiyo, Recluce Mage: 6 ½
MidasKnight, Super Enigmatix: 6
Gil galad: 5
Crispind, Ean143, Hunter Berwick: 4
Laurie: 3
Learion, UncleBeard: 2
clong, Antangil, bob k. mando, Dorrin, Holmes, Joolee, Kagnok, Kahrey, Mrdude, Nancy, Trebor, Silver_Phoenix: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kiltannen: -1
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ECM: MQG
(Is this REALLY his first sherlock???)

Aunflin: 26
Ghost: 24
Brad: 12 ½
Kvetch: 12
Edge 11
torybear: 8
felonius: 7 ½
jweb: 7
PirateQueen ChoChiyo, Recluce Mage: 6 ½
MidasKnight, Super Enigmatix: 6
Gil galad: 5
Crispind, Ean143, Hunter Berwick: 4
Laurie: 3
Learion, UncleBeard: 2
Echus Cthulhu Mythos, clong, Antangil, bob k. mando, Dorrin, Holmes, Joolee, Kagnok, Kahrey, Mrdude, Nancy, Trebor, Silver_Phoenix: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kiltannen: -1
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The 2004 Volley winners: Aunflin, Bradx2, Cho and Felonius for Volleyball excellence.

Aunflin: 27
Ghost: 24
Brad: 14 ½
Kvetch: 12
Edge: 11
torybear: 8
felonius: 8 ½
PirateQueen ChoChiyo: 7 ½
jweb: 7
Recluce Mage:
MidasKnight, Super Enigmatix: 6
Gil galad: 5
Crispind, Ean143, Hunter Berwick: 4
Laurie: 3
Learion, UncleBeard: 2
Echus Cthulhu Mythos, clong, Antangil, bob k. mando, Dorrin, Holmes, Joolee, Kagnok, Kahrey, Mrdude, Nancy, Trebor, and Silver_Phoenix: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kiltannen: -1

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I'm still the person with the lowest positive Sherlock rating :p

I WIN!

magicfan241
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Post by laurie »

But Kilt is still below you, Magicfan, so you're not technically the "winner".


How did Kilt manage to get a negative score? :?
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laurie wrote:How did Kilt manage to get a negative score? :?
The scary thing here is that at one point I was actually MINUS 2!

The first was where I asked a Heinlein Quote - and when it came down to it - I HAD IT WRONG - I still don't know where the quote is from - I had thought it was Hazel Stone saying "My Mind is a junkyard" In refference to her knowing what the word "Geronimo" meant - in the book "Space Family Stone". NOPE.

The second was where we played some "pick the items for a survival trek" game - and I scored LAST - the winner got one Sherlock - and the loser lost one Sherlock. So I got shafted...

Subsequently - I actually managed to earn a positive Sherlock!

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The Weekly Volleyball Sherlock goes to Felonius

Aunflin: 27
Ghost: 24
Brad: 14 ½
Kvetch: 12
Edge: 11
felonius: 9 ½
torybear: 8
Pirate Queen Cho Chiyo: 7 ½
jweb: 7
Recluce Mage:
MidasKnight, Super Enigmatix: 6
Gil galad: 5
Crispind, Ean143, Hunter Berwick: 4
Laurie: 3
Learion, UncleBeard: 2
Echus Cthulhu Mythos, clong, Antangil, bob k. mando, Dorrin, Holmes, Joolee, Kagnok, Kahrey, Mrdude, Nancy, Trebor, and Silver_Phoenix: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kiltannen: -1

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Post by MidasKnight »

I give Scottish Man Dress 2 Sherlocks for being smart enough to keep this board going.

Aunflin: 27
Ghost: 24
Brad: 14 ½
Kvetch: 12
Edge: 11
felonius: 9 ½
torybear: 8
Pirate Queen Cho Chiyo: 7 ½
jweb: 7
Recluce Mage:
MidasKnight, Super Enigmatix: 6
Gil galad: 5
Crispind, Ean143, Hunter Berwick: 4
Laurie: 3
Learion, UncleBeard: 2
Echus Cthulhu Mythos, clong, Antangil, bob k. mando, Dorrin, Holmes, Joolee, Kagnok, Kahrey, Mrdude, Nancy, Trebor, and Silver_Phoenix: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kiltannen: 1
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kilt goes positive: aaarrrggghhhh - the shock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'll give 2 sherlock points to anyone who can help locate our missing Sherlock leader, Aunflin.

He's been AWOL since Nov 12th, and his e-mail address is bouncing. :|
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He must have started reading Dune again and his brain got vacuum locked.
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Post by Hunter B »

The judge gets one for the MQG!


Aunflin: 27
Ghost: 25
Brad: 14 ½
Kvetch: 12
Edge: 11
felonius: 9 ½
torybear: 8
Pirate Queen Cho Chiyo: 7 ½
jweb: 7
Recluce Mage:
MidasKnight, Super Enigmatix: 6
Gil galad: 5
Crispind, Ean143, Hunter Berwick: 4
Laurie: 3
Learion, UncleBeard: 2
Echus Cthulhu Mythos, clong, Antangil, bob k. mando, Dorrin, Holmes, Joolee, Kagnok, Kahrey, Mrdude, Nancy, Trebor, and Silver_Phoenix: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kiltannen: 1
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